A synopsis of the genus Disperis Sw. (Orchidaceae) Author Kurzweil, Hubert Author Manning, John C. text Adansonia 2005 3 27 2 155 207 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5186519 1639-4798 5186519 24. Disperis latigaleata H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 36 (1939) , in Humbert, Fl. Madag. (Engl. revis.), Orch.: 111 (1981); Du Puy et al. , Orch. Madag.: 135 (1999) ; la Croix et al. , Adansonia 24: 62 (2002) . — Type : Madagascar , Ankazondrano, Humbert 13440 (lecto-, P). Plants to 210 mm . Leaves 2, opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 16-60 × 10-20 mm . Flowers 1-4, pink or violet; median sepal linear, 6-8 × 1 mm , hood broad, lateral sepals semi-orbicular, almost free, apparently unspurred; petals ovate, 5-7 × 4.5- 5 mm ; lip blade triangular, pubescent with glabrous tip, appendage of two linear lobes, pubescent, slightly thickened at tips. DISTRIBUTION AND PHENOLOGY. — Madagascar ; in dry deciduous forest or woodland and in moss on boulders from 600 to 2000 m , sometimes epiphytic. Flowering from September to December.